Beck

Lives in Newborough

I’ve lived here basically my whole life. I’ve lived in a few different towns – I grew up in Yallourn North, lived in Morwell, lived in Hazelwood North and now in Newborough. I love calling Newborough home. I love to travel around to all the different places. There’s such great scenery. I’m a photographer, so I do love taking photos of the Valley. I’ve just recently in the past year got into fitness. I set myself a challenge to walk every day for a year. So I have gotten to do a few rail trails around Gippsland and some of the nature reserves. I love the fact that even if you don’t know someone in the Valley everyone will say ‘hi’ to you when you’re walking past, especially with their animals; they’re always friendly.

Beck

Lives in Newborough

I’ve lived here basically my whole life. I’ve lived in a few different towns – I grew up in Yallourn North, lived in Morwell, lived in Hazelwood North and now in Newborough. I love calling Newborough home. I love to travel around to all the different places. There’s such great scenery. I’m a photographer, so I do love taking photos of the Valley. I’ve just recently in the past year got into fitness. I set myself a challenge to walk every day for a year. So I have gotten to do a few rail trails around Gippsland and some of the nature reserves. I love the fact that even if you don’t know someone in the Valley everyone will say ‘hi’ to you when you’re walking past, especially with their animals; they’re always friendly.

I love the Latrobe Valley because that’s where my family is, so I feel a really strong, social connection to Morwell because my whole family’s here. I moved away for five years, and it was really isolating to be so detached from family. It’s such a beautiful, natural place…

Moe has a wonderful community spirit, always has. Of the three major towns, I think it’s better in Moe than it is in Morwell or Traralgon. But, um, maybe I’m a bit biased. For me, a lot of people move away and they denigrate the area, but to me, it’s…

I absolutely love the Latrobe Valley and the wider Gippsland region. I did a lot of travel in my 20s right around Australia and overseas and I think you could go two ways. You either go, ‘I’m never going home’, or you get an appreciation for how good you’ve got…